16 August 2010

Something to Inspire

It's the first day of school. How does that always sneak up on me? In June, summer seems to stretch out in front of you, a world of endless possibilities. In August you wonder where the time went and if what you did was worth remembering.

We sent a kid to college, marking the end of one journey and the beginning of another one.

My friend Judy took her students on a journey.. An inspirational journey, one she hopes they will not soon forget. A journey that made a difference in the lives of many.

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i am just catching up on my bottom of the ninths and finished reading about tucker and was in awe of how you can express you feelings so well while i tend to sublimate mine...then i saw this and it made me sooooo happy...thank you so much for this kind acknowledgment. with all that is going on in my life now, i feel especially lucky to have a friend like you...jfc

why the bottom of the ninth?

For as long as I can remember, I have always loved the game of baseball. Like life, it is a game that is measured in small moments, a single pitch, a missed sign, a sacrifice fly to right in the bottom of the ninth to score the winning run. Moments when things change, sometimes forever. The bottom of the ninth is about those moments.

heartstrings

"People will come, Ray... They'll walk out to the bleachers, and sit in shirt-sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game, and it'll be as if they'd dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
The one constant through all the years has been baseball. ... It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. People will most definitely come." - Field of Dreams, 1989